Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
New Delhi: The government’s decision to allow Reliance Power Ltd to divert surplus coal from captive mines of its Sasan power project to another group plant will lead to a windfall gain of Rs 29,000 crore over 20 years for the Anil Ambani group firm, the government auditor has said. …
KOLKATA, 16 AUG: The thermal power plant at Nayachar proposed by NRI investor Prasoon Mukherjee has hit a fresh stumbling block due to environmental concerns raised by the Centre. Instead, the investor has now asked for land in Purulia for setting up the 2,000 MW thermal power plant in the …
New Delhi The state-owned NTPC on Thursday said it has been assured by the coal ministry of the fuel-linkages for its upcoming projects that are to come up over the next 5-10 years, helping it become a 75,000 mw generating firm by 2017. The company has received assurance from the …
New Delhi Falling KG-D6 output, costly imported LNG hem in power plants India's gas-based power stations are facing an uncertain future. Depleting output from Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 block and non-availability of adequate infrastructure to handle liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports are set to trigger suspension of about 7,000 MW of …
The development comes ahead of CIL's board meeting to approve FSA with power companies Coal India (CIL) has agreed to certain changes in the fuel supply pact to be entered with state-nominated agencies. "Model Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) applicable for state-nominated agencies has been agreed by CIL in its meeting," …
In a piece of good news for the millions of power-starved in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that he will not ask for votes in the 2015 Assembly elections if his Government fails to provide electricity to the villages. “I will not ask people to vote for …
Coal India (CIL) has agreed to certain changes in the fuel supply pact to be entered with state—nominated agencies. “Model Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) applicable for state— nominated agencies has been agreed by CIL in its meeting,” the PSU firm said in a letter to its subsidiary firms. “The agreement …
The Odisha Government on Monday embarked on a road map to tackle the growing challenge of fly ash generation in the State. With more power plants planned in the years to come and coal extraction set to witness a multi-fold rise, it has asked the Revenue Department as well as …
Up from global 7th in 2008 among 40 large generation firms, says Washington think tank NTPC contests charge of prime polluter India’s state-owned NTPC Ltd is the world’s sixth-largest polluter among a total of 40 large power generating companies, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD), a Washington-based think …
NEW DELHI: Coal India (CIL) board is likely to meet early next week to approve the model fuel supply agreements ( FSA) for supply of coal to power firms with significant changes, including the penalty clause. The development follows the board of the public sector firm agreeing on paying penalty …
New Delhi Coal India (CIL) on Tuesday decided to revise the contentious penalty clause in the fuel supply agreements (FSA) to be signed with power sector companies, marginally hiking the penalty. This penalty, however, would be still lower than the level discussed during a meeting convened by the Prime Minister's …
The massive electricity grid failure earlier this week, that left a majority of India in darkness, has impacted the volumes of power generation companies. The worst power black-out in the world hit their revenues by an estimated Rs 550 crore in two days. The companies affected by the grid collapse …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry strongly rebutted media reports and industry data suggesting that environmental clearances had stalled power projects. “In the wake of the nationwide power outages over the last two days, a section of the media has reported that one of the main reasons for …
Power generation was hit at the 2,600 MW National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ramagundam due to poor supply of coal from the Singareni Collieries Company limited and other coal agencies during this rainy season. Presently, the NTPC Ramagundam was generating only 2,000 MWs against its installed capacity of 2,600 MWs …
Approves minimum 80% coal supply to power firms agrees to import 15% to meet shortfall Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Tuesday decided to revise the contentious penalty clause in the fuel supply agreements (FSAs) to be signed with power firms. The state-run company also agreed to supply at least 80 …
BIKANER: Wind power came to the rescue of Jodhpur Discom during the Northern and Eastern power grid failure, whereas the other Discoms had to wait until the power units at Kota, NTPC and power plants at Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar resumed supply. "The power generated through wind energy …
New Delhi: Tuesday’s grid collapse, like Monday’s, was triggered at Agra, a major interconnect between the northern, western and eastern grids. On Monday, the Agra relay station had tripped to trigger a blackout. This time too, the station kicked off a domino effect after suspected overdrawal by some states in …
According to this database on global carbon emissions prepared by the Centre for Global Development (CGD), NTPC has moved up the list of highest carbon dioxide emitting companies globally from seventh position in 2004 to sixth now. Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) is a database containing information about the carbon …
500 mn tonne worth of coal mines is target for acquisitions by 2020 International Coal Ventures Limited, or ICVL, was the epitome of India’s babudom running public sector undertakings (PSUs). Five major public PSUs — NTPC, SAIL, NMDC, Coal India and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) — with a war chest …
New Delhi Jindal Power continues to sell electricity from its Tamnar power plant on a merchant basis, ignoring the coal ministry’s recent directive that stipulates that power plants running on captive coal must not quote a higher price for power supply in tariff bidding than those offered by generating stations …
